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-rw-r--r--apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc17
1 files changed, 9 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
index 34ae4e593..5b2a8251e 100644
--- a/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
+++ b/apt-pkg/deb/dpkgpm.cc
@@ -751,14 +751,15 @@ bool pkgDPkgPM::OpenLog()
return _error->WarningE("OpenLog", _("Could not open file '%s'"), logfile_name.c_str());
setvbuf(d->term_out, NULL, _IONBF, 0);
SetCloseExec(fileno(d->term_out), true);
- struct passwd *pw;
- struct group *gr;
- pw = getpwnam("root");
- gr = getgrnam("adm");
- if (pw != NULL && gr != NULL)
- if(chown(logfile_name.c_str(), pw->pw_uid, gr->gr_gid) != 0)
- _error->Errno("OpenLog", "chown failed");
- chmod(logfile_name.c_str(), 0640);
+ if (getuid() == 0) // if we aren't root, we can't chown a file, so don't try it
+ {
+ struct passwd *pw = getpwnam("root");
+ struct group *gr = getgrnam("adm");
+ if (pw != NULL && gr != NULL && chown(logfile_name.c_str(), pw->pw_uid, gr->gr_gid) != 0)
+ _error->WarningE("OpenLog", "chown to root:adm of file %s failed", logfile_name.c_str());
+ }
+ if (chmod(logfile_name.c_str(), 0640) != 0)
+ _error->WarningE("OpenLog", "chmod 0640 of file %s failed", logfile_name.c_str());
fprintf(d->term_out, "\nLog started: %s\n", timestr);
}